Peter "Pete" Jay Greve 1951 - 2009

GREVE, LEISTAD, SITZMANN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 8/4/2020 at 22:32:24

Sioux City Journal
24 March 2009

OMAHA -- Peter "Pete" Jay Greve, 57, of Omaha, formerly of Sioux City, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 21, 2009, with his family present at his bedside after battling cancer for six months.

Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Brookside Church, 11607 M Circle, Omaha. Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday in Elk Horn (Iowa) Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with the family present 4 to 7 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at West Center Chapel, 7805 W. Center Road, Omaha. Arrangements are under the direction of Heafey-Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler Funeral Services of Omaha.

Pete was born Oct 26, 1951, the son of Elaine Marie Leistad and Elliot Lee Greve. He was raised in Elk Horn. He attended Elk Horn-Kimballton Public Schools, participating in football, wrestling and baseball. He graduated in May 1970. He attended Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo., from 1970 to 1974, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, serving as president for one year. Pete was a member of the TKE professional staff in Indianapolis, Ind., from 1975 to 1980, where he traveled to more than 300 college campuses throughout the United States. He earned his Master's of Business Administration Degree from the University of Indiana in 1981.

Pete partnered with his uncle Edward Leistad as a sales associate with Safeguard Business Systems from 1981 until his death. His distributorship covered territories in Iowa and Nebraska.

He married Stacia Sitzmann-Shinkunas in 1990 in Sioux City.

While living in Sioux City for 16 years, Peter was a strong leader with interests in the Cosmopolitan Club, CMBC Men's Ministry-Operation Timothy, Beginning Experience and Boy's Club, where he served as a wrestling coach. He was active in Morningside Lutheran and First Lutheran churches.

Pete moved his family to Omaha in January 1997 where he was a member of Millard Business Association, TGIF Tips Group, Millard South Music Boosters, St, Paul's Lutheran Church in Millard, Boys Scouts Troop 60-Papillion, YMCA baseball coach, numerous men's Bible studies and Brookside Church. He was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 21 years and participated in the New Warriors Program,

Having been a lifetime St. Louis Cardinals fan with Stan "The Man" Musial as his favorite baseball player, Peter was very proud of the get-well card he received personally signed from Musial during his cancer battle. He loved college football, with Northwest Missouri State Bearcats as his No. 1 team.

Pete's ultimate passions included following Christ, sharing the Lord's word and being a TKE, establishing the NWMSU TKE Alumni Scholarship Program in 2007.

He is survived by his wife, Stacia M. Greve; his four children, Joseph Greve and girlfriend, Mari Longoria, of Sidney, Neb., Michelle Greve of Sioux City, and Keaton Greve and Elliot Greve, both of Omaha; a stepdaughter, April Shinkunas of Omaha; a stepson, Alan Shinkunas and girlfriend, Amy Rasmussen, of Chicago; family of adopted grandchild Jackson Otto and his parents, Jason and Tracy of Lincoln, Neb.; his mother, Elaine M. Hoffmann of Avoca, Iowa; two sisters, Janice Norgaard and husband Eldon and Gwen Carman and husband Bruce; a brother, Lee Greve and wife Nancy; stepbrothers and spouses, Nick and Barb Hoffmann, Jim and Maureen Hoffmann, Bill and Jenny Hoffmann, John and Bobbi Hoffmann; stepsisters and spouses, Karen and Larry Oller, Denise and Mark Schieber, Sharon and Gary Witmer, Jeanne and Rusty Wintermote, Nancy and Keith Holtz; other relatives and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Elliot L. Greve, and stepfather, Eugene Hoffmann.

Memorials are suggested to the family, the Peter J. Greve TKE Alumni Scholarship Fund c/o Northwest Missouri State University or Boy Scout Troop 60-Papillion.